Davis v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 22, 1911

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1911-09-22

<p>Indictment for murder. Before Judge Frank Park. Calhoun superior court. March 20,1911.</p>

Relies on Malone v. State · Berry v. State · Ridenhour v. State

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Decided 1911-09-22

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Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently April 1940

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Atkinson, J.

¶11. Upon the trial of one charged with the offense of murder, the court did not err in instructing the jury as follows: “You will accept as correct, for your guidance in making up your verdict, the law as I shall give it to you in charge;” and “having applied the law to the evidence as you shall find it to be, you may render such verdict as the law demands at your hands.” Ridenhour v. State, 75 Ga. 382 (4); Malone v. State, 77 Ga. 767 (2); Berry v. State, 105 Ga. 683 (31 S. E. 592).

¶22. The court did not err in failing to charge that “On the trial of all criminal cases the jury shall be the judges of the law and facts.”

¶33. The verdict was supported by the evidence, and the court did not err in refusing to grant a new trial.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

Beak, J., absent. The other ’ Justices concur.